Had he fallen victim to smallpox?

The very fact that CIA interrogators thought they needed to water-board two prisoners a total of 260 times says all that needs to be said about efficacy.

中情局的审讯人员认为，他们需要对两名囚犯总共实施260次水刑，这本身就充分说明酷刑的效力有限。

With Mr bin Laden in his watery grave, a chapter may close.

随着本拉登的水刑，恐怖主义可告一段落了。

No, this is not some new form of water torture but rather Dr Dennis Gross's Steamer Solutions ($ 125, currently only available in the US), a DIY skincare device that promises to open my pores and restore brightness to my dull skin.

这并非某种新型水刑，而是丹尼斯医生（Dr Dennis Gross）的蒸汽治疗仪（Steamer Solutions，售价125美元，目前仅美国市场有售），这款DIY护肤设备号称可以打开全身毛孔，使无光泽的皮肤恢复亮丽；

The four documents-issued under the Bush administration-revealed details of interrogation techniques like simulated drowning that have been condemned around the world.

布什政府期间出台的这4份文件，详细列举了一些审讯手段，包括目前在全世界都受到谴责的模仿溺水的水刑。

Critics say many of the harsh interrogation practices, including water-boarding or simulated drowning, amount to torture.

批评人士指出，许多严厉的审讯手段，包括被称为“水刑”的模拟溺毙等等同于酷刑。

In Thursday's speech Mr Brennan said tactics like water-boarding were "a recruitment bonanza" for extremists, and he such techniques had undermined America's national security.

在星期四的演说中，布伦南说水刑等手段对于极端主义者来说就是“招募新兵盛典”，但是这些手段破坏了美国的国家安全。

Perhaps 14000 people were sent to S-21 for a daily routine of electrocution, water-boarding and flagellation before being carted off for execution-a shovel or spade to the head-at the nearby "killing fields."

据计大概有14000人被送进S-21监狱，接受日常惯例的电击，水刑和鞭刑，直到在附近的“杀人场”被断头处决——用铁锹或铁锨击打头部。

But they're actually doing it to you, you are being waterboarded.yes.

但是他们对你是来真的你被施以水刑是的

She was one of the few that I know of who was subjected to the water torture, which is not dissimilar from what people might know as water-boarding today.

她是我所知的为数不多的几个遭受过水刑的特工之一。她当时遭受的水刑跟当今大家可能知晓的那种是差不多一样严酷的。

What purpose would be served in laying out the legal sophistry that said the repeated water-boarding of detainees was not cruel, inhuman or degrading?

把宣称对囚犯反复实施水刑并不残忍、非人道或有损人格的诡辩公诸于众，又有什么用呢？

The runners-up in the marathon were only seconds behind the winner.

马拉松比赛的亚军仅比冠军落后了几秒钟。

Despite finishing as runner-up, the team played exceptionally well.

尽管只获得了亚军，但球队的表现非常出色。

Last year, she was the runner-up in the national singing competition.

去年，她在全国歌唱比赛中获得了亚军。

Bearberry is a trailing evergreen plant of the heath family with astringent foliage and red berries.

熊果是杜鹃花科的一种匍匐常绿植物，叶子有收敛性，果实为红色。

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, commonly known as bearberry, is a low-growing shrub found in northern latitudes.

熊果（学名Arctostaphylos uva-ursi）是一种生长在北纬地区的低矮灌木。

The bearberry bush produces small, pinkish-white flowers and red berries that are popular with wildlife.

熊果灌木开出小而粉白色的花，结出红色的果实，深受野生动物的喜爱。

Arbutin, which can be extracted from the bearberry bush, prevents the formation of melanin and so is used in skin-lightening products.

熊果灌木中提取的熊果苷能阻止黑色素的形成，因此被用于美白产品。

The leathery leaves of the bearberries formed a dense mat beneath the trees.

熊果的革质叶片在树下形成了一层厚厚的垫子。

Bearberries grow in northern latitudes all over the world.

熊果生长在全世界的北纬地区。

Bearberries are so-called because bears love to eat their berries.

熊果之所以得名，是因为熊喜欢吃它们的果实。